September 2025

Acting on staff and committee recommendations, the Middleton Common Council on Sept. 2 approved a three-year contract extension for auditing services with Baker Tilly at a cost not to exceed $234,900. 

Once a year, eagle-eyed Middleton residents can spot a bright yellow biplane flying out of Morey Airplane Company, bearing the name “Spirit of Wisconsin”. The 1943 Stearman biplane, once used to train military aviators during World War II, now lives up to its name by carrying a handful of honored Wisconsin veterans across the skies through the Dream Flights program. 

The Middleton Common Council approved two proclamations — one about making trips without driving a motor vehicle for a week and another about September being National Library Card Sign-Up Month — as part of its Tuesday, Sept. 2 meeting agenda.

Don’t let an underdog hang around.

That was the mentality of Middleton’s football team on Sept. 12, when the Cardinals hosted upstart Janesville Craig.

The Cougars had started the year 2-1, highlighted by a 47-0 shellacking of Madison La Follette in Week 3. And the last thing Middleton wanted to do was allow Craig to have any hope of pulling an upset.

Mission accomplished.

Middleton raced to a 21-0 first quarter lead, kept the Cougars at bay throughout and rolled to a 31-0 win.

The Cardinals improved to 3-1 overall and are tied with Verona atop the Big Eight Conference at 2-0. Those teams meet Sept. 27 in Middleton.

Craig fell to 2-2, 1-1.

“That was huge,” Middleton co-coach Joe Poehls said of the Cardinals’ fast start. “And a lot of the credit goes to (offensive coordinator) Zach Rast and his style.

“He has a certain expectation of what he wants the offense to be. And I always say, ‘That’s why we give you the big bucks.’ ”